I used CCleaner's duplicate-file removal feature and it moved roughly 10 GB of files to the Recycle Bin. Since then, Windows 11 has been malfunctioning: I can't open…
I tried CCleaner's duplicate-file removal feature and it moved roughly 10 GB of files to the Recycle Bin. Since then, Windows 11 has become unstable: Settings, the Start…
I'm running DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth on Windows 11, and the progress has been sitting at 63.4% for a long time. I keep seeing people mention that 62.4%…
File Explorer started crashing immediately when I try to open it, and the problem only appeared after I installed the KB5124008 update last night. I've already tried running…
My Dell G16 is running Windows 11 version 24H2. Notepad, Paint, Photos, and several other built-in apps have stopped opening and show an error saying "Package failed updates,…
I've been dealing with BSODs on a Lenovo laptop for about a month. Running `DISM.exe /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth` reaches 100% but then reports that the operation couldn't be…
Has anyone run into widespread September update failures on Windows 11 25H2? The August update installed normally, but every machine in the fleet now fails the September update,…
I accidentally ended Windows Explorer in Task Manager, and restarting explorer.exe through Run new task didn't bring the desktop back. I've also restarted the computer, tried Safe Mode,…
I accidentally ended Windows Explorer in Task Manager, and now Windows only displays a blank white screen. I can still open Task Manager and the Ctrl+Alt+Delete menu, but…
A user's laptop appeared stuck at 0% while installing an update for about an hour. They held the power button to shut it down, but the update seemed…
I'm trying to clean-install Windows 11 on a desktop that previously ran Windows 10 and Ubuntu. The target SSD is brand new and completely wiped. I've tried several…
I have an 8GB USB drive and want to use Ventoy to keep both a Windows 11 installer and a Linux distribution on it. The Windows 11 ISO…
I have an 8GB USB drive and want to use Ventoy to store both a Windows 11 installer and a Linux distribution. The Windows 11 ISO nearly fills…
My Windows laptop crashes with a "Critical Process Died" BSOD and won't start normally or even in Safe Mode. SFC /scannow fails, and the DISM commands I've tried…
I'm adding drivers for a new machine model to the install.wim used by an unattended Windows 25H2 installation. The source media contains install.swm and install2.swm, so I first…
My Windows laptop crashes with a "Critical Process Died" BSOD and won't start normally or in Safe Mode. Running SFC /scannow or any of the DISM commands I've…
My Windows 11 VDI machines have TPM 2.0 and Secure Boot enabled, but Windows Health Check reports the guest CPU as an incompatible Xeon Gold processor. Because the…
TPM 2.0 and Secure Boot are enabled on the Windows 11 virtual machines, but Windows Health Check reports the exposed Xeon Gold CPU as incompatible. That appears to…
Windows Defender Quick Scan started stopping partway through and asked me to restart it, but the same thing happened again afterward. Microsoft Safety Scanner also stops randomly without…
One of my Windows Server 2022 machines has failed to install updates for the past two months, including the July and August cumulative updates. It is a physical…